RSB Director's Seminar, Professor Adrienne Nicotra, Group Leader in the Division of Ecology & Evolution, RSB, Director of the Australian Mountain Research Facility, Monday the 8th of December 2025.

In this talk, I introduce how white-winged choughs, highly social cooperative breeders, integrate multiple features of alarm and contact communication to coordinate antipredator behaviour and maintain cohesion.

Chloroplasts can sense environmental fluctuations via Ca2+ signaling. Environmental triggers, such as light changes, physical damage and heat waves, can induce distinct Ca2+ signatures in chloroplasts, which may help rebalance photosynthesis and stress responses under fluctuating conditions.

This talk will revisit and contextualise the invasion predicted by Cellarius within a framework of biosecurity risk assessment.

Developmental conditions are powerful drivers of phenotypic plasticity. Environmental factors, such as temperature, can directly program fitness-associated phenotypes, while maternal effects act as indirect cues that shape the developmental environment.

The ability of Plasmodium falciparum to access and utilise vital nutrients, including riboflavin (vitamin B2), is essential for its growth and proliferation, positioning riboflavin metabolism as a promising target for antimalarial intervention.

RSB Director's Seminar, Honorary Professor Russell Reinke, Pogson Group, RSB & Industry Fellow, Agri-food Innovation Institute, ANU, Monday the 24th of November 2025.

Most knowledge regarding the temperature responses of photosynthesis are based on experimental warming in controlled environments, usually on seedling.

Cyclic electron flow (CEF) around PSI is essential for balancing ATP/NADPH supply and protecting photosystems under fluctuating light.